That thought that crossed my mind as I prepared my keynote address for Catalyst 2013, sponsored by the economic development group, Southwest Michigan First held last month in Kalamazoo.
Nicholas Falk of the Urban and Economic Development Group, a consultancy, argues that the most important things small towns can do are to improve their shops and to emphasise their distinctiveness.
Pamela Smith, Chair of the Scottish Local Authorities Economic Development Group and Jim Wallace from Barnardo's Scotland.
The offer, capping six months of negotiations between the Department of Economic and Community Development and Freedom Group, was dropped after private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management announced it would sell Freedom Group, manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15.
The first group knew perfectly well that economic development, education and rights for women were very effective in reducing birth rates.
On the upside, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development separately raised its first-quarter GDP forecast for countries in the Group of Seven industrialized nations to 1.9% from 1.5%.
And rich country group the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has said that the economies of its members grew by 0.2% in the second quarter.
The 13 coal-producing counties of eastern Kentucky have consistently worse poverty than the others, notes Justin Maxson, director of the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, a local microfinance group.
There has been little economic recovery in slum areas, says Father Joe Maier, of the Human Development Foundation, a group working with poor children.
Karen Barbour, president of The Barbour Group co-chairs state committees, testifies in Congress, and serves on her local economic development committee.
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